Fireplace-lining



J. T. NELSON.

FIREPLACE LINING.

APPLICATION FILED 050.2,1916.

1,306,612. Patent-ed J1me 10.1919.

Elm/W01 cf T/Velaon.

.UNXTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN T. NELSON, 0F BERCLAIR, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JAMES L.

LACY, OF GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Application filed December 2, 1916. Serial No. 134,601.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN T. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Berclair, in the county of Lefiore and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fireplace-Linings; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to fire place linings, and has for its object the provision of a novel form of lining which can be easily inserted within the fire place and will be of simple and durable construction and will effectively prevent heat from destroying the walls of the fire place.

Other objects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming a part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a front view of a fire place with the lining located therewithin,

Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional plan view taken through the fire place and lining,

Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the lining removed from the fire place.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the letter A designates a' chimney wall, having formed therein the fire place B. The lining for the fire place is designated, as an entirety, by the numeral 1, and consists of an inverted substantially U-sha-ped frame 2, which is adapted to bear against the forward surface of the chimney wall, as shown in Fig. 2, and has the inner edges of the sides thereof extending beyond the adjacent walls of the fire place B. Associated with the frame 2 is a pair of side walls 3, which are disposed within the fire place and in spaced relation with the side walls of the fire place, and have their outer longitudinal edges bent laterally, as shown at l, and thence formed to provide hooks 5, for receiving frame 2, which is slidably associated therewith. The lining 1 is provided with a back plate 6, which is arranged in spaced relation with the rear wall of the fire place and lies within the planes of the sides 3, and has its opposite vertical edges bent rearwardly, as shown at 7, and further bent, as shown at 8, to engage around the rear vertical edges of the sides 3, and thence terminally bent, as at 9, in parallelism with the rearwardly bent portions 7 to provide hooks which secure the rear wall 6 to the side walls 3. The bent terminals 9 of the vertical edges of the back plate 6 are disposed between the side walls 3 and the adjacent side walls of the fire place B, and serve to space the walls 3 from the adjacent walls of the fire place so as to prevent the heat of the fire within the fire place from injuring or destroying the side walls of the fire place.

It will also be noted, in Fig. 2 of the drawing, that the rear wall 6 is spaced from the adjacent rear wall of the fire place and will effectively prevent the heat from the fire within the fire place from destroying the rear wall of the fire place. The lining 1 provides a novel type of protector for the walls of the fire place and can be conveniently inserted within or removed from the fire place, as desired.

It is evident that various changes might be resorted to in the construction, form and arrangement of the several parts without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; hence, I do not wish to limit myself strictly to the structure herein described and claimed.

Having thus described my inventionwhat I claim as new, is:

A removable lining for fire places comprising a pair of side walls, a rear wall lying within the planes of the side walls and having its opposite vertical edges bent rearwardly and then forwardly to provide hooks for engaging over the rear vertical edges of the side walls, so as to connect the rear and side walls together, said hooks also forming means for engaging the rear wall of the fire place to space the lining from the rear wall of the fire place, the front vertical edges of the side walls being bent inwardly and then outwardly to provide hooks, and an inverted U-shaped frame having the inner side edges thereof slidably engaging the hooks of the side walls and serv- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature ing to space the side walls of the lining from in presence of two witnesses.

the side walls of the fire place and havin its uprights extending outwardly from th: JOHN NELSON side walls and bearing against the outer sur- Witnesses: face of the fire place, as and for the pur- CHAS. H. BARB, pose specified. H. B. JOHNSON.

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